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Why Cincinnati zoo is sending rare Sumatran rhino to IndonesiaCincinnati Zoo officials say an 8-year-old rhino is heading to Indonesia, where nearly all of the estimated 100 remaining Sumatran rhinos live.
Oil prices collapse: Will Arctic drilling survive the crash?Against a backdrop of oil prices below $50 a barrel, some聽Arctic drillers are handing back leases or allow them to expire, citing high risks and high costs.
First LookHow carbon credit scheme resulted in even more greenhouse gas emissionsA UN-backed carbon offsetting program enriched Russian and Ukrainian companies but made climate change worse, according to a new study.
The Big Melt: Why 2015 could be another low-ice year in the ArcticAn image captured aboard NASA's Aqua satellite shows large chunks of melting sea ice.
New Obama climate push: Let them make powerThe White House unveiled a package of energy initiatives Monday that emphasize an oft-overlooked component of the 21st-century energy shift: namely, that more and more everyday citizens are producing their own electricity.聽
First LookWhat's killing whales off Alaska's shores?The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says that the deaths may be linked to a toxic algae bloom in the Pacific Ocean, which first appeared in May.
First LookThis massive glacier calf can be seen from spaceThe chunk of ice lost from the edge of Greenland's聽Jakobshavn聽glacier is nearly five square miles in area, which聽might be the biggest calving event on record.
First LookResearchers survey 'endless layer of garbage' in Pacific OceanA research expedition returned to San Francisco Sunday from a month-long reconnaissance mission that is part of a major effort to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
EPA knew of derelict gold mine's catastrophic 'blowout' risk'Conditions may exist that could result in a... release of large volumes of contaminated mine waters,' stated a 2014 EPA report on the inactive Gold King Mine, whose toxic waters befouled rivers in 3 states earlier this month.
Watch black bears beat the heat at N.J. pool partyWhat should humans do to keep bears or other wildlife from showing up in their backyard?聽
First LookHurricane Danny intensifies into Category 3: What does that mean?Danny is the first hurricane of the 2015 Atlantic Season, but calm storms seasons do sometimes include a major tempest.
How one group plans to save black rhinos from poachers in South AfricaAs rhino poaching in South Africa hits聽record levels, a conservation group is relocating some animals to a national park in Chad.
First LookWhy climate change is pushing Earth's boreal forests to 'tipping point'Boreal forests make up about 30 percent of the planet鈥檚 total forest area. Ecosystem scholars say that they are being threatened by warmer temperatures brought on by climate change.
Danny strengthens into Category 2 hurricane, no threat to land yetHurricane Danny's聽maximum sustained winds Friday morning had increased to near 105 mph, as it moves across the Atlantic.
Humans reach 'super predator' status, and that's a problem, study saysHumans are throwing ecosystems out of whack by not only killing a large number of animals, but by killing adults and top carnivores in particular, a study suggests. One answer is to act more like animal predators.
Turning wasteland into power plants fueled by the sunHuge clean energy prospects await us if we are willing to look anew at the wastelands we have long shunned as best forgotten, writes author and lawyer Philip Warburg.
First LookHow climate change robs California of scant water suppliesA new study is the first to put numbers to the idea that increasing heat drives moisture from the ground, intensifying drought conditions in places like California.
First LookChina's carbon emissions may be grossly overestimated. Why that mattersChina has promised to begin to taper emissions by 2030, but planning for the future is difficult without a concrete understanding of current emissions levels.
First LookCalifornia drought runs Central Valley towns into the ground ... literallyGroundwater depletion is causing some towns in California's Central Valley to sink as much as two feet per year.
How climate change is spawning a new view of conservationConservation has long been about protecting communities of plants and animals where they are. But climate change is leading to a nascent form of conservation that embraces change and seeks to provide a thriving stage on which it can happen.
